Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Request. From the effectsdatabase website: A pinch smoother than its American-made comrade, the Russian Muff exhibits slightly less sustain, yet retains that unmistakable Big Muff sound. Prized by bass players for its edge, and sought after by guitarists seeking its unique flavor. Here’s V7 of the Green Russian from 1994 which a few people wanted … Read more
One of mictester’s circuits from FSB, very transparent compared to Dynacomp or Squeezer’s so definitely one to try for the compressor fans. Mictester’s description: The original idea was to replace the old fashioned way of getting compression – connecting an LDR across the volume control of your amplifier, then illuminating it with an incandescent lamp … Read more
David Main’s description: “And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.” Be afraid….be very afraid! This monstrosity has so much bottom end it will surely … Read more
A few people have requested a vero of the Mastotron, so here it is. If you want to make it verbatim then you would put a 100 ohm resistor in series with the input wire before the pot, and a 100 ohm resistor in series with the 9V supply wire, but I personally wouldn’t bother … Read more
I had a request for a vero of the Mastotron, so here’s the Woolly Mammoth which is virtually the same, with the Mastotron just having an additional 100K linear pot which the input is taken to before the first capacitor. The new input wiring with the Relax/Pull pot can be seen on my tagboard layout … Read more
From Moosapotamus: The ParaLooper is something every effects-using Bass player should have, because it will ‘Bassify’ any bottom sucking, high-passing guitar pedal out there. And, it’s pretty simple to build, too. Instead of just an effect loop pedal, this is actually a little mixer that blends your straight signal with whatever effect (or chain of … Read more
